Supply Chain Management

Basic Concept

In order to realize high-quality manufacturing and a sustainable society, we conduct procurement activities in cooperation with partner companies (suppliers).

Basic Procurement Policy

Initiatives for Sustainable Procurement

In recent years, the need to respond to global environmental and energy issues has become more serious, and we have seen the birth of an advanced information-oriented society, so the demands on companies are growing and becoming more diverse. Against that backdrop, our aim at the Tsubaki Group, under our Corporate Philosophy of “TSUBAKI SPIRIT,” is to provide, as a manufacturing company, value that exceeds the expectations of society, and to become a company that continues to be required by society.
Throughout our history, we have fulfilled our social responsibilities as a company while simultaneously advancing Companywide efforts to solve social issues by strengthening our response to a variety of business continuity risks and promoting technological innovation. Going forward, we will solve social issues through our business activities in pursuit of our goal of contributing to the creation of a sustainable society. To this end, as we must promote further cooperation with our suppliers, we have established the Tsubaki Group Supplier Sustainability Guidelines, in which we ask suppliers to undertake proactive initiatives with the aim of achieving sustainability.
Regarding conflict minerals, the guidelines indicate our basic procurement policy to “implement measures to ensure the transparency of the supply chain of mineral resources used in materials and components to avoid the use of disputed minerals that might fund armed groups.” In accordance with guidance manuals on investigating conflict minerals, we request the suppliers concerned to carry out an investigation and complete and publish a Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.

Promotion of Green Procurement

We established our Green Procurement Guidelines in 2006 and have worked together with suppliers to promote activities for purchasing materials and components with low environmental impact. In April 2019, we revised these guidelines in order to more proactively advance efforts to reduce emissions.
We also carry out surveys on the current environmental performance of major suppliers and conduct additional surveys and local inspections of suppliers thought to face risks, as we work to achieve ongoing improvements.

Requests to Business Partners

* Management of hazardous chemical substances is required in the event of hazardous chemical substances scattering or falling from equipment onto products or in the event of hazardous chemical substances becoming attached to or transferred onto products through contact with equipment.

Cooperation with Suppliers

In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, we are launching initiatives toward achieving carbon neutrality throughout our supply chain.
As a first step, we will provide a careful explanation to our major suppliers on the background and importance of their participation in these initiatives and gain an understanding of the current state of each supplier’s CO₂ emission reduction activities. To this end, we stream a webinar for suppliers that explains the Group’s policy and targets for carbon neutrality, its CO₂ reduction measures, global and Japanese trends, methods for calculating emission volumes, and the steps that comprise our initiatives. We then plan to ask each supplier to complete the survey template and request that they move on to the next step after we have gained an understanding of the current state of their activities.
Ultimately, we will incorporate the risks and opportunities related to climate change into our supply chain management, with the aim of constructing a sustainable and resilient supply chain.